{"id":142179,"date":"2026-08-18T15:19:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/18\/s-korea-stresses-us-alliance-amid-confusion-over-trump-drill-cut-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T15:19:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:19:40","slug":"s-korea-stresses-us-alliance-amid-confusion-over-trump-drill-cut-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/18\/s-korea-stresses-us-alliance-amid-confusion-over-trump-drill-cut-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"S. Korea stresses US alliance amid confusion over Trump drill cut &#8211; NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxPS0hHcURzLTMtaWtPNTNVV3Bzanp0ekxlMFpTQXJYZ2VTbGozaDFnOGYzOTgzSzZxUzFGd3Bvb3c4aUlObGJZaDREVTRVeGNFdl9Jc3NiUTBfb1BkakRkRko5M1cwWTZYdTBvTWI4Z1Y3RW9pWEJhU2R0WTZBSjlobGstcldGOC1scUwtZlRjYTVxSV9NMnl6cVU0Wm05MTluWnVKZjBxZUJUd3c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">S. Korea stresses US alliance amid confusion over Trump drill cut<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxQMG1fMlJhVHBiT1FxMWZnVWdDaXQxZjZORnE1Tl80dDNLX1ZnWDV5bnNRTHU3Rk9GLTFwZFVXNmJwWkYyRmphZkZYeHQ0OC1sVGFJc0ZQZ1NNUGU5alhXOWFUUWFkS0hFN1FnV0I1S0xPTUZ6VFN4Q3VsSjkxbFpWRFM5UGk0NFFSNFJJbVYwRQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Facing Quagmire in Iran, Trump Turns to a Familiar Face: North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong-un<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi8wFBVV95cUxORjBPXzBRV2Vxd21LZFdyY0lZX0lpMnQtVEFubmx6dXNpTWstdFp0aGozUHJaYjRFVFdtbnVWQ1J5RTRiTFo5NTdoWWw5Yzg0UTBZT0V0cE9FWFFqMWVFQno5MmRZTkZZWXJSN0t6QVRNQTFudVhiY0JmZEx2bm5sQ2dDY0xWMTFLT3F1QU9ZOVAwZWFUSjQza2pCa2xYUmpfTl9ReWtLSXlTLTBqWEFXeTRUY3NSeWNodm5HblY0NUxnT2tKOERYR1gtTzZfdXdaV2J5UUF1Y2RSLXh4aWpCR3oxcHI4WXo0eVIzNlFnUk9NV0U?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Not the way it works\u2019: Korea\u2019s miscalculation on trade may cost them on security<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxQdDQyV2hsaVh6YmRlZ1JicEJuYUgxZjJreWhUWHhCQkxJNnc5UHNYZDlqVVNkTm85Y3MyVDJCdWtzVHEtYlF6WWVGcDR3WFZuUm5LRDhBTU5Sbnh5RkFDMnBMZFBZMlpSbFJfTTd0NjRmd2FiN1BJZS1KZWVIenlYUkJkc1ZOekxzNnljcmRkaERNRUFG0gGaAUFVX3lxTFBZekQzdG1HM205aHcyUWs1cnNzWWowZUxCZ0tqcmhlY3FGMGFQQk5JVEtxZHp2UUxLM1d4ZnV3dU84Uk5yTThfdzJWRkRFVzlCUm5EY3cyaG5WWVVWdVJsazF4S1hfTEJySEtVblFSZnVxRnJuemo4R3BxOXAwOUVBWG1zQWVQWW5DRHhKTldSNGxCY19MM05GNFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">South Korea must brace for \u2018worst-case scenario,\u2019 President Lee says, as Trump cuts military drills<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxOYTNnMHhncVdqWDNoRTB5d0I3SVlKd3JLaTVBMkxJMUdERlp6VDVmTklDOFc0em5JQ21JSl83ZXM5c2o1Sng0cmljVG5SZ3ZTSVRJTkhSbk14UkdxQ3FPNS1Db0wxQkxNeDkwYndTZHI5ZFV3aS1sOGVRQjlBalhkTk83RjhsVF85?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">South Korea Wants Its Military Back<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Mother Jones<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S. Korea stresses US alliance amid confusion over Trump drill cut&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR Facing Quagmire in Iran, Trump Turns to a Familiar Face: North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong-un&nbsp;&nbsp;The&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/18\/s-korea-stresses-us-alliance-amid-confusion-over-trump-drill-cut-npr\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}